The map below is another enlarged
section of an Ordnance Survey map
made at a scale of 1 inch = 1 mile in 1836. Although it is not very detailed
it does give us an idea of the area in the early Victorian period.
The way the map is shaded gives us a very good idea of the
shape of the landscape. From this you can see that Llanerfyl
developed - like Llanfair - at a crossing point on the River Banw.

You
can see from the map that the settlement of Llanerfyl itself is very
small at this time and consists of the church and a small cluster
of houses.

In
such an upland the people would be settled in a scatter of small farms and
cottages. Almost all the local people would be involved in working
on the land in some way or providing services to farmers like
the local miller (notice the mill marked Melin fach) or blacksmith.